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Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie (née Thackeray; 9 June 1837 – 26 February 1919), eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, was an English writer, whose several novels were appreciated in their time and made her a central figure on the late Victorian literary scene.
Anne Thackeray Ritchie—known to friends and family as Annie—is mostly remembered as a novelist and the eldest daughter and biographer of William Makepeace Thackeray. Based on an extensive archive of over 1000 letters, family albums and personal papers in Eton College Library, ‘A Victorian Legacy: Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s life and ...
17 lug 2020 · Definition. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), once remembered primarily as the daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray and step aunt of Virginia Woolf, has gained recognition for her prolific career as a memoirist, essayist, novelist, and fantasist.
- Katherine Magyarody
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Anne Thackeray Ritchie. ATR produced, mostly during the later nineteenth century, twenty-one books of fiction, essays, and literary memoirs. Her biographical prefaces to her famous father 's novels are best known, but she was also a major biographer and critic of others, particularly women.
1 apr 2008 · This article discusses the literary relationship of the novelist and memoirist, Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), and her step-niece, Virginia Woolf.
- Amanda Holton
- 2008
Biography. Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie ( née Thackeray; 9 June 1837 – 26 February 1919), eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, was an English writer, whose several novels were appreciated in their time and made her a central figure on the late Victorian literary scene.
Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s papers, represented in this exhibition, show her central place to the late-Victorian literary scene, while her descendants’ role in preserving these papers, which are now entrusted to Eton College, ensures that the writer and her world will never be completely forgotten. Memories from Virginia Woolf.
